This book presents current discussions on the concept of genre. It introduces innovative, multidisciplinary approaches to contemporary and historical genres, th

Kent proposes a general theory of genre classification arid applies this genetic model to American fiction written during the last half of the nineteenth centur

Genre studies and genre approaches to literacy instruction continue to develop in many regions and from a widening variety of approaches. Genre has provided a k

Genre is a key means by which we categorize the many forms of literature and culture. But it is also much more than that: in talk and writing, in music and imag

Genre theory has focused primarily on the analysis of generic constructs, with increasing attention to and emphasis on the contexts in which such genres are pro